Mayoral candidate arrested outside KLRN debate

On the evening of April 2, at 7:36 p.m., mayoral candidate Julie Iris Oldham, a.k.a. “Mama Bexar,” was arrested outside the KLRN studios at 501 Broadway Ave., for outstanding warrants, according to a San Antonio Police Department report and fellow mayoral candidate Rhett Rosenquest Smith.

Oldham, Smith and a third unidentified mayoral candidate were outside the TV studio causing a “disturbance,” according to the report. The candidates were upset that KLRN and the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce had invited only some of those in the mayoral race to participate in a televised debate.

The candidates outside the studio told police that the chamber and KLRN were violating state laws and “demanded these officers” make arrests in the case, the report said.

However, it was Oldham who ended up in cuffs. When the officers at the scene entered her information into their computers, they apparently found that she had outstanding warrants from Municipal Court for code compliance violations.

Oldham “was asked to step out of her vehicle and was placed under arrest for the warrants,” the report said.

Her vehicle was towed from the scene.

According to the magistrate’s office, Oldham was released from jail early Friday morning after agreeing to take care of the warrants by April 28.

Mama Bexar could not be reached for comment.

For what it’s worth, the KLRN debate would have benefited greatly by the presence of Oldham and Smith. It was a yawner.